The Holy Trio

Sri Ramakrishna, (1836-1886) represents the very core of the spiritual realizations of the seers and sages of India. His whole life was literally an uninterrupted contemplation of God. He reached a depth of God-consciousness that transcends all time and place and has a universal appeal. Seekers of God of all religions feel irresistibly drawn to his life and teachings. (Excerpt from an article by Swami Adiswarananda)Read full article for life of Sri Ramakrishna

Holy Mother was an unusual awakener of souls. With her disciples she served as teacher, dissolving their doubts, as mother, who through love and compassion won their hearts, and as the Divinity, who assured them of liberation. Herself nearly illiterate, through simple words she taught them the most profound truths.
(Excerpt from an article by Swami Nikhilananda)Read full article for life of Holy Mother

He [Vivekananda] was energy personified, and action was his message to men. For him, as for Beethoven, it was the root of all the virtues….His pre-eminent characteristic was kingliness.

When this quite unknown young man of thirty appeared in Chicago at the inaugural meeting of the Parliament of Religions, opened in September 1893, by Cardinal Gibbons, all his fellow-members were forgotten in his commanding presence… The thought of this warrior prophet of India left a deep mark upon the United States.

But the flame of that pyre is still alight today .From his ashes, like those of the Phoenix of old, has sprung anew the conscience of India – the magic bird – faith in her unity and in the Great Message.(Excerpt from an article by Romain Rolland)Read life of Swami Vivekananda

Dive deep into their life and teachings

The Gospel of Sri RamakrishnaIn his introduction to the Gospel, Aldous Huxley says: "IN THE HISTORY of the arts, genius is a thing of very rare occurrence. Rarer still, however, are the competent reporters and recorders of that genius. ...Making good use of his natural gifts and of the circumstances in which he found himself, "M" produced a book unique, so far as my knowledge goes, in the literature of hagiography."

Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda Romain Rolland says about Swami Vivekananda's words: "His words are great music, phrases in the style of Beethoven , stirring rhythms like the march of Handel choruses. I cannot touch these sayings of his, scattered as they are through the pages of books at thirty years' distance, without receiving a thrill through my body like an electric shock. And what shocks, what transport must have been produced when in burning words they issued from the lips of the hero!"

Swami Ranganthanda says about the Holy Mother: Herself out of the ordinary in all basic values of character and personality, but hiding these under the mantle of the simple and the ordinary in social and physical make-up, the Holy Mother eludes the grasp of ordinary minds, but reveals her true form to all seekers of basic values...In her life and in her teachings she has left a balm for suffering humanity in search of light and peace. Her love knew no distinctions of sex, creed, or race.

Read her life here in this book by Swami Nikhilananda (available at the bookshop at RKM, Mumbai)